The History of the American West Gets a Much-Needed Rewrite Artists, historians and filmmakers alike have been guilty of creating a mythologized version of the U.S. expansion to the west ...

TIME asked 25 historians to each pick one moment that changed the course of American history. The results may surprise you.

The Shocking Savagery of America’s Early History Bernard Bailyn, one of our greatest historians, shines his light on the nation’s Dark Ages ...

Rather than a “colonial America,” we should speak of an Indigenous America that was only slowly and unevenly becoming colonial.

The White House plans to conduct a wide-ranging review of the Smithsonian Institution's museum exhibitions, materials and ...

The Roots drummer and Oscar-winning filmmaker uncovers the connections between his recent Sly Stone documentary and his own ...

The fact that our country is divided isn’t new. In many respects, it can be traced back to the founding of a nation on the promise of freedom while dependent on slavery, a time when many couldn ...

Michelle McDonald, library and museum director at the American Philosophical Society, provided an introduction to her lecture about the role and growing importance of coffee in colonial America ...

In the other he asked withdrawal of a composition of his from a concert devoted to American music, on the ground that to put forward by themselves musical works written by Americans was an ...

During his private tour of the NMAAHC during his first term, President Donald Trump said it served as “a meaningful ...

Historian say Americans share a common set of tastes that sets the nation apart from the rest of the world… and we’re not talking about the country’s love of fast food.